The Secret Rules of Modern Living: Algorithms (TV Movie 2015)

The Secret Rules of Modern Living: Algorithms: Directed by David Briggs. With Marcus du Sautoy, Björn Bringert, Patrick Prosser, Leslie Ann Goldberg. Professor Marcus du Sautoy demystifies the hidden world of algorithms and reveals where these 2,000-year-old problem solvers came from, how they work, and what they have achieved.

“A documentary on algorithms and their practical uses in our lives, presented by Oxford mathematics Professor Marcus du Sautoy.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eInteresting and edifying. Professor du Sautoy, who also brought us the documentary series The Story of Maths, takes a very complex subject and makes it understandable and relatable. By taking everyday examples, e.g. the ordering of planes taking off at Heathrow, du Sautoy demonstrates the uses, importance and abundance of algorithms.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe downside to making it more widely accessible and understandable is that the documentary is quite light on the maths. As a mathematical person I would have preferred a bit more of the technical side of such algorithms. Canu0026#39;t have it both ways, I suppose.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe other negative of the program is that, by his own admission, Professor du Sautoy doesnu0026#39;t like This Is Spinal Tap…”